Monthly Archives: March 2007

Padgett v. City of Monte Sereno, 2007 WL 878575 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2007) Plaintiffs in this litigation sued the city of Monte Sereno and several city employees for civil rights violations and other torts. Among other things, plaintiffs alleged that certain city employees had sent plaintiffs an anonymous, threatening letter that included a newspaper… Continue Reading

K&L Gates partner Todd L. Nunn will highlight some of the most common e-discovery blunders that parties and their counsel make, and offer practical guidance on how to avoid these missteps, at the Washington State Bar Association’s upcoming CLE event entitled "DARE TO DISCOVER: How to Employ and Respond to Discovery Tactics." The program will take place… Continue Reading

Bolton v. Sprint/United Mgmt. Co., 2007 WL 756644 (D. Kan. Mar. 8, 2007) This is an age discrimination case brought by thirteen individual plaintiffs, based upon a corporate reduction-in-force ("RIF") by defendants. In this decision, the court ruled upon plaintiffs’ motion to compel defendants to produce certain documents, including databases and spreadsheets. Among other objections,… Continue Reading

AAB Joint Venture v. United States, 75 Fed. Cl. 432 (Fed. Cl. 2007) In this construction litigation involving claims for additional compensation based on differing site conditions, plaintiff moved to compel discovery. Plaintiff noted that defendant had identified in its discovery responses numerous individuals who were active in the review of the project design, and who… Continue Reading

School-Link Techs., Inc. v. Applied Res., Inc., 2007 WL 708213 (D. Kan. Feb. 28, 2007) In this contract case, plaintiff sought entry of judgment and other sanctions based upon defendant’s failure to implement a litigation hold to preserve relevant documents in the custody of one of its key employees, and its alleged failure to search… Continue Reading

Peskoff v. Faber, 240 F.R.D. 26 (D.D.C. 2007) A previous e-discovery order in this case dated July 11, 2006, was summarized here. At that time, the parties had disagreed about whether certain additional emails existed. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola had explained that the requested emails, “if they exist, could be located in one or more… Continue Reading

From the March 7 archives of eWeek.com: "Updated: News Analysis: A judge gives the company 30 days to find missing e-mails; meanwhile, Intel’s foibles reveal a prime example of what businesses of all sizes now face since the institution of new federal e-discovery court rules. Intel is facing some big-time legal problems in its 2-year-old legal… Continue Reading

Cenveo Corp. v. Slater, 2007 WL 442387 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 31, 2007) In this case, plaintiff alleged that its former employees improperly used plaintiff’s computers, confidential information and trade secrets to divert business from plaintiff to defendants. In discovery, the parties disputed how and under what circumstances materials on hard drives in defendants’ possession would… Continue Reading

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